Re: [PATCH RFC v2 16/16] builtin/history: implement "reword" subcommand

From: Kristoffer Haugsbakk <kristofferhaugsbakk@fastmail.com>
Date: Aug 24, 2025, 18:08 UTC
Message-ID: <5079326d-497c-4335-88d0-a248e0b8c6d1@app.fastmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <20250824-b4-pks-history-builtin-v2-16-964ac12f65bd@pks.im>

On Sun, Aug 24, 2025, at 19:42, Patrick Steinhardt wrote:

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> Implement a new "reword" subcommand for git-history(1). This subcommand
> is essentially the same as if a user performed an interactive rebase
> with a single commit changed to use the "reword" verb.
>
> Signed-off-by: Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im>

I get a “split” error when I typo the commit to reword:

    $ ./git history reword ./s2
    error: commit to be split cannot be found: ./s2

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